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Theft is a bit of a red herring

Theft is a bit of a red herring

Posted Feb 12, 2007 3:12 UTC (Mon) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: Theft is a bit of a red herring by b3timmons
Parent article: Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

Perhaps unfair, but the answer is no. Car alarms are not worth it to inconvenience thieves. They do not seem to have significant theft reduction benefits. That is, the kind which makes noise etc. The lojack kind which simply track your car so after it is stolen you can have lojack tell the police the current location of the car work well. But the "inconvenience" sort do not generally inconvenience thieves, they only inconvenience your neighbors.

They do, however, have significant insurance benefits.


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